Contract for Police Custodial Healthcare Service

The provided service will have specified access, response times, quality and performance standards. The care and examinations will be organised, managed and professionally delivered by Healthcare Professionals within a robust clinical governance framework, ensuring a safe and clinically effective service with the objective of delivering positive health and evidential outcomes.

The service will have an approach to healthcare that aims to support the reduction in offending behaviour by tackling intransigent health problems such as substance and alcohol misuse, mental illness, and self-harm, including managing the risk factors associated with suicide.

Service delivery must be congruent with, and actively support, a collaborative partnership approach to multi-organisational care management of referrals ensuring that clinical care; health and social care; and custodial care is provided within a broader framework of integrated care management and adherence to established care pathways across the local health and social care system. Conducting clinical forensic examinations to obtain forensic evidence, including associated statements and, when required, attendances at court are covered in the scope of this contract.

An innovative approach and strategic outlook from the provider is seen as being critical to continuous service development and improvement.

The service will be delivered on a 24 hours per day, every day of the year, including public holidays.